President-elect Donald Trump has ended speculation that he could keep the FTC‘s controversial chairwoman on board, but the agency may not change as much as some critics hoped. Trump has named FTC commissioner Andrew Ferguson to replace Lina Khan,

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Andrew Ferguson to head the Federal Trade Commission is the latest sign that his administration plans to continue a crackdown on Big Tech bad

Donald Trump has named current commissioner Andrew Ferguson as the new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chair.

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Federal Trade Commission wants to zero in on alleged censorship by Big Tech and promote innovation in the AI market—offering competing enforcement priorities for the agency’s tech policy.

The current commissioner, a Republican, will oversee less aggressive antitrust policies and vows to undo the work of current chair Lina Khan.

Alphabet led a Big Tech rally on Wednesday, with its stock hitting a record high after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump picked Federal Trade Commissioner Andrew Ferguson to lead the consumer protection and antitrust agency.

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Republican lawyer Andrew Ferguson as his nominee for the next chair of the FTC. He would succeed Lina Khan, who has been tough on approving mergers—and has been cracking down on Big Tech.

With two key staffing picks, President-elect Donald Trump is giving some early hints as to how his second administration will try to forge a new Republican consensus on tech. Trump announced yesterday that he’s picked FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson as the new chair of that agency,

Andrew Ferguson also pitched himself as somebody who will ‘reverse Lina Khan’s anti-business agenda’ and ‘fight wokeness.’

Ferguson will inherit the independent agency from progressive leader Lina Khan. He will assume various antitrust lawsuits and investigations against the tech industry and other se